Table-caster.



l. JAKLICH.

TABLE CASTER.

APPucATmN FILED Nov. 18. |918.

l 293,78 Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

' invented a certain new I ment in Table-Casters,

I signed to contain a plurality of receptac v receptacle. '2 5 l at' ceptacles 'ceptaclesg this without IVAN JA'KLICH, 0F GARY, INDIANA.

` TABLE-CASTER.

-To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known'that I, IVAN JAi'LioH, a subject of the Kingdom of Croatia, a part of yAustria-Hungary, (having declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States of America) residing at Gary, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have and useful Improveing is a specification.

This invention relates totable casters de'- es for a variety of articles or materials. T he obj ect of the invention is to provide a device of this class in which a plurality of the re- Vof the caster are provided. with covers, said covers being connected with an automatic mechanism by which they may, at the will of the operator, be automatically simultaneously opened for any purpose desired, such for instance as refilling theredes'troying the ability of the user to independently open a single The invention consists in mechanism for carrying out the foregoing objects; which can be easily and cheaply made and installed; which is satisfactory in operation,

and is not readily liable to get out of order.

The invention further consists in the features and details of construction which will 'be hereafter more fully set forth in the specication and claims. A Referring tothe drawings, in which similar numerals indicate the same parts throughout the several views. Figure 1 is a side view'of a table caster equipped with the mechanism of this invention, everything of this device being shown. Fig. 2 is aside view at right angles to that of Fig. 1, part of it being a central sectional view, and certain parts of the device which normally would be in the rear of 1F ig. 2 being omitted. Fig. y3 is a plan view, somewhat enlarged, taken on vthe irregular line 3 3, of Fig. 2. v Fig. 4 is a sectional view through a portion of the caster base and a supporting leg therefor.

The caster of this invention is provided with six receptacles, two large bottles 10 and-v 12, suitable for instance for oil and vinegar; two shaker devices 14 and 16, suitablefor instance for salt and pepper, and two other receptacles 18 and `20 suitable for instance for" matches and toothpicks, all arranged about a central supporting post 22 rising Specification of Letters Patent.

of which the followl Patented Feb.. 11, 1919.

Application le. November 18,- 1918. Serial No. 263,076.

fixedly receptacles 10, 12, 14, and 16 are preferably adapted to enter and be retained in suitable recesses formed in the base 24, as illustrated for instance'in Fig. 2, wherein recesses 26 are shown.

Receptacles 10 aiid'12 are placed opposite to each other and are provided with stoppers 28 and 30 respectively, suspended upon lever arms 32 and 34, pivoted on vertical support 22 at 36 and drawn downward by the springs 38, clearly shown in Fig. 1. When the operator wishes to remove one of the bottles', as 10, he takes hold of the stopper device 28 and elevates it slightly against the action of the adjacent spring 38 until the stopper clears the top of the bottle, whereupon he can remove thebottle lO'for use in the ordinary way. To reinsert the bottle 10 in the caster, a reversal of the operation just described is carried out.

The central post 22, heretofore described, is surmounted by a convenienty handle 40 within which reposes a push button 42 adapted by mechanism forming no part of this invention and therefore notshown, to,-

wlien depressed, move bell clapper 44 upward to strike the bell 46, mounted on the upper portion of the central post 22 and adjacent to the handle 40.

The salt and pepper receptacles 14 and 16 are normally covered and held in place in the caster by suitable cover members 50 and 52, pivoted at suitable points 54 and 56 adjacent to the central post 22, these covers being held down upon the receptacles 14 and 1-6 by suitable springs 58 and 60, provided for the purpose.

Similarly, the receptacles 18 and 20 are provided with suitable covers 62 and 64, pivoted at 66 and 68 respectively and springurged into place by suitable springs 70, provided for the purpose. Each of the four covers enumerated in this and the preceding paragraph can be separately elevated against the action of its controlling spring, as'the operator desires, so that he may remove either one of the receptacles 14 or 16, or he may reach into either one of the receptacles 18 or 20.

When casters of this type are'used in public places, one each on a plurality of tables, and awaiter or other employee is required to recharge the contents of all of the receptacles, it is a great convenience for him to be able to simultaneously automatically raise from a suitable base plate 24. The

mounted to'slide vertically through the :base

24 under the control of springs 76, engaging -fa'cam face78 on theadjacent leg, andnormally locking in -terminalnotches 80V andv 82. These'legs72 are of such a length that when in position shown in Fig. 4, the base 24 vandthe l"entire caster is supported clear' ofthe table'-84,as shown in Figs. A1 and 2,

and that when the whole .device is depressed sothat'the'legs 7 2 are moved upward against enter notches 82, the base 24 rests flat upon `thetable'84 or other supporting object, thelegs 7 2 in this position extending above the vupper 'surface `of the base 24. vertically 25 y slidable with'reference to thecentral' p'ost '22, in the particular case here illustrated inside it, is a rod A*86, normally spring pressed v downward 'by a suitable spring device Vasl88 tofthenormal position shown in Fig. 2, in which the lower end 86a extends substantially 'below the base24 to a position where it butslightly clears the table 84. Extending from this slidable rod 86 through suit ableslots provided for the purpose are arms 90 adapted to strike the under sides of the covers `i62 and 64,` and arms' 92l adapted Vto similarly strike the under sides of covers 50`and`52. "The parts j ust described are so proportioned that when the operator strikes orpushes upon the handlev 40 and depresses the vwhole devicesro that' the base 24 contactswith the' table 84 in the manner described, the. end 86a of lrod '86 will, of course, strikeV the table 84 and vvbeforced upward within lthe post 22, sov that the end V86a is on the level' with the'bottom of base 24, in so doing the arms 90 and 92 elevate their respective "adjacent"V receptacle' 'covers' and lhold them elevated as"long"'as the base 24 rests upon the table 84. While theparts-'are `in thisjpositionfthe operator can, vwithout touching the covers-"fill receptacles 18 fand 20'and remove for filling or cleaning Vrecepvtacles 1 4and 16. When the operatorhas.

finished :his `work in this direction, hef'simply lifts'thefdevice oil from' the table 84and manually presses each offthe ylegs' 72'from the heretofore `described changed position to the normal position showninthe' draw` fings, whereupon the parts are all restoredtol knormal `position and ready for normal use.

f yHaving thu'sdescrib'ed myinvention',fwhat Iv claim as newand'desire to secureby Letf 1. In-s device of the' classV described, the

Vcent thereto, means normally holding each 'the action of the springs 76 until the springs ed with reference' tothe support, normally vpositioned`v outv of engagement with fs'aid vice lare collapsed, l'as' described.

mounted inthe recess in 'the base with referenceto the base.

lsuitable base member,

Y combination with a suitable base and a support vrisingtherefrom, a plurality of receptacles mountedfaround said support, a cover for each of said receptacles mounted adjacover on its receptacle, a rod slidably mountedV with 'reference to the support normallyv positioned out" of engagement with said covers but adapted, when moved into engagement with said covers, to vsimultaneouslyf'move a plurality `of them oli' Hfrom their respective receptacles.

2. In a device of the class-described, the combination with asuitable base anda sup.- port risingftherefrom, a' plurality ofyreceptaclesmo-unted around saidsupport, acover Y for each ofsaid receptacles mounted adjalcent' thereto', means normallyv holding veach cover on its receptacle, a rod `slidablymount-A covers but adapted' when moved lkinto *engagement with said covers to simultaneously move a plurality of them off from'thle'ir'respective receptacles, said rod in normal v-position 'eXtendingfrbelow said'base, and l vin -its second position, where the lcoversl are lremoved, 'being-*level with the bottom ofthe base,and means temporarily 'supporting said ibase' aboveA the table or other support .when 95 vthe forth.

parts are inthe normalposition-set 3. In `a device of vthe class described, a

lsuitable base provided with legsfnormafllyf supporting'said base, a substantial distance 100 vabove a table orthe likejmeans forselectively collapsing said legs'so vas to bring-the base in contact withethe'tablefarod "slidable 'y tacle, and means carried by'said rod'adapted to lcount-eI-'act'said"urging niechanis'mioii each of the lcovers whenever the'legs ofiithelde- 4. In adevice of theclass described, a

base, a leg slida-ble through thebase, a spring lthrough which the leg slides, a cam Ysurface opposite` Y'to and? engaged" bythe spring,7so arranged 120 that the spring vfrictional'ly-l locks: the leg' in either one of two selected extremepositions class described, a a'plurality of legsver- 125 tically movable through` the basemein'ber normally 'extending substantially-"below i it,

5; In a :device of the .means detachably loc-king said legs in' each of 'Y twoeXtre'me 'positions in onewof Ywhichy they eXtend' Y below@theff'basev andlinft-he ether-'fA of 1.80

which they do not, a suitable supporting device rising from the base, a plurality of receptacles mounted around it, a cover member for each receptacle, a rod vertically slidable in the supporting mechanism, spring mechanism urging said rod downward through the base to a position where its lower end is substantially on the level of the lower ends of the base legs when they support the base in elevated position, means on said rod adapted to engage said cover mechanisms but normally clearing them when the rod is in the normal position just Copies of this patent may be obtained for set forth, the whole being so arranged that when the device is depressed to drive the base legs upward, the rod strikes a flat surface on which the device is placed and simultaneously elevates all of the receptacle covers, for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

IVAN JAKLICH. Witnesses:

DWIGHT B. CHEEVER, M. S. ROSENZWEIG.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ratentn.

Washington, D. C. 

